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单词 rickety
释义
rickety
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪk.ə.ti/us
/ˈrɪk.ə.t̬i/
inbadconditionandthereforeweakandlikelytobreak:
快要散架的；摇摇晃晃的；不结实的
Careful! That chair's abitrickety.小心！那把椅子不结实。
Sheslowlyclimbedthe ricketywoodensteps.她慢慢爬上摇摇欲坠的的木楼梯。
figurativeTherecessionput a lot ofstrainon an already ricketyeconomicsystem.经济衰退期使本来就摇摇欲坠的经济体系雪上加霜。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
breaking easily
  • weakIf trees do not get enough water they become weak.
  • strongSteel is a very strong material.
  • flimsyThere was only a flimsy inflatable raft between him and the raging river
  • ricketyWe climbed up the rickety wooden stairs.
  • fragileSome objects are too fragile to be moved between the museums.
  • delicateShe carefully wrapped up the delicate glass ornaments.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
In bad condition
  • battered
  • battle-scarred
  • be on the skidsidiom
  • beatsomeoneup
  • blasted
  • glitchy
  • have seen better daysidiom
  • hors de combat
  • impaired
  • in good, bad, etc. repairidiom
  • ruined
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • sad
  • scarred
  • scuffed
  • the worse for wearidiom
  • worm-eaten
  • worn out
  • worse
  • worsening
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Fragile and breakable
(Definition ofricketyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rickety| American Dictionary

rickety
adjective
us
/ˈrɪk·ɪ·t̬i/
inbadconditionorweakandthereforelikelytobreak:
a ricketyoldchair
(Definition ofricketyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrickety

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During these numerous hospitalizations, my wife was always allowed to sleep in my room on an uncomfortable,ricketycot.
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The said carpenter was discovered on all fours, steadying with his breast thericketystructure above.
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Those should be the three pillars of this at presentricketytemple.
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We have also introduced a review of utility regulation because the framework that we inherited for consumer regulation was deeply flawed andrickety.
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Our bridges in the past have been veryrickety.
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Both are wedded to keeping our dear oldricketytax machine in virtually its present state.
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They were kept in darkness, and without iron or roughage in their diet, they wererickety.
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I think his very timely speech last year perhaps had a slight effect on an already ratherricketystructure.
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Bringing in massive agrarian economies will make thericketystructure collapse unless it is thoroughly reformed.
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It is not because they have children running around with little,rickety, wooden wheelbarrows or because of the exploitation of children.
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But is he not propping up aricketybuilding?
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We began to see the old machines—some of thericketylathes, and machine tools with a lot too much play and tolerance—gradually being replaced.
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This time, they offer the prospect of success from an even morericketymachine.
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There comes a time when aricketystructure has to be altered fundamentally if it is to be any use at all.
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Do we want to see once again aricketygeneration of children?
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